Originally Posted by Gadgetory

Of course you didn't. Partly because most Americans have spent very little time outside these United States so they don't get other Nations and because we are the most powerful country don't spend alot of time learning about other places. I am sure that most Americans don't understand the Westminster system of Govt for instance, although much of the English speaking world uses this system of government.

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Including India, the world's largest democracy.

The House of Lords is still the Highest legal authority for many countries, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and many African nations.








Most Western (and now even Eastern) European countries (or countries like the US derived from Western European culture) have exactly the same freedoms as we do. They just thought the freedoms were so obivous they didn't need to right them down I guess.

The reasons behind the constitution had as much to do with French and English thinkers of their time as it did as anything else. And as much of the rest of the world is decidedly more secular then we are they don't need to have these things to be inspired by God or given by God.